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minus-squarezaphlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·5 months agoWhy are Hamas" captives called hostages and Israel’s captives called prisoners?
minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-25 months agoWell because Hanas is not a nation, not even officials of sorts. It’s just some rando guerilla group that likes to abduct people and shoot missiles at people they can’t beat.
minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·5 months agoFALSE. In 2006 Hamas won an election to govern Gaza. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_government_in_the_Gaza_Strip
minus-squareSuckMyWang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoProbably what makes the distinction between a Palestinian and Hamas terrorist so hard to define at times
minus-squareTangledHyphae@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·edit-25 months agoWhy are Israel’s prisoners terrorists and Hamas’ hostages elders and civilian women? Seems like an imbalance overall.
Why are Hamas" captives called hostages and Israel’s captives called prisoners?
Well because Hanas is not a nation, not even officials of sorts. It’s just some rando guerilla group that likes to abduct people and shoot missiles at people they can’t beat.
FALSE. In 2006 Hamas won an election to govern Gaza. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_government_in_the_Gaza_Strip
Probably what makes the distinction between a Palestinian and Hamas terrorist so hard to define at times
Why are Israel’s prisoners terrorists and Hamas’ hostages elders and civilian women? Seems like an imbalance overall.